1 March 1770

James Cook's Journal: Daily Entries

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1 March 1770 Thursday 1st Winds between the SW and NNW a fresh gale. In the PM found the Variation to be 16°..34' East - At 8 Tack'd and stood to the Southward with the wind at west which before the morning veer'd to NW accompan'd with hazey weather and drizling rain - at day light loosed a reef out of each topsail and set some of the small sails - At Noon our Latde by account was 47°..52' So and Longitude made from Cape Saunders 1°..8' East — The New Moon made her appears last night and Tupia told us that this is New Years day at the Island, on which account we paid him the proper compt. Voyaging Accounts © Transcription by Paul Turnbull of National Library of Australia, Manuscript 1 page 196, 2004 Published by kind permission of the Library To cite this page use: https://paulturnbull.org/project/southseas/journals/cook/17700301.html